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Eliphaz: Can a Man Be of Use to God?

Job 22:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
KJV
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
WEB
Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
ASV
Is it for thy fear of him that he reproveth thee, That he entereth with thee into judgment?
LSV
Because of your reverence || Does He reason [with] you? He enters with you into judgment:
YLT
Because of thy reverence Doth He reason [with] thee? He entereth with thee into judgment:
DBY
Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?
DRC
Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:
GNV
Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement?
JPS
Is it for thy fear of Him that He reproveth thee, that He entereth with thee into judgment?
LXXE
Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? and will he enter into judgment with thee?

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Original-language editions

WLC
הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ יָב֥וֹא עִ֝מְּךָ֗ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃
LXX-Br
Ἢ λόγον σου ποιοῦμενος ἐλέγξεις, καὶ συνεισελεύσεταί σοι εἰς κρίσιν;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 14:3Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
  • Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
  • Isaiah 3:14–15The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses. Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?”…
  • Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
  • Job 19:29then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”
  • Job 23:6–7Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me. Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
  • Job 9:32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
  • Psalms 76:6At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
  • Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
  • Job 34:23For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
  • Psalms 39:11You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
  • Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
  • Psalms 80:16Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
  • Psalms 130:3–4If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
  • Job 16:21Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
  • Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

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